CANADIAN GENEALOGICAL RESOURCES A Guide to the Material held at Cloverdale Library Edited by: Laurie J. Cooke; Jacqueline Haines & Stephanie Kurmey Fifteenth Edition 2007 Copyright © 2007 by Surrey Public Library ISBN 978-0-9692197-6-7 Canadian Genealogical Resources Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................................... 1-1 2. CENSUS OF CANADA................................................................................................................................ 2-1 A. CENSUS FINDING AIDS................................................................................................................................ 2-1 B. GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE CENSUS RETURNS FOR 1891 – 1911............................................. 2-4 C. ONLINE ACCESS TO CENSUS RETURNS ..................................................................................................... 2-5 D. CENSUS FOR SPECIFIC REGIONS ON MICROFILM...................................................................................... 2-6 3. IMMIGRATION AND PASSENGER RECORDS...................................................................................... 3-1 A. PASSENGER LISTS PRIOR TO 1865............................................................................................................ 3-2 I. Passenger Lists on Microfilm Prior to 1865 .......................................................................................... 3-2 II. Colonial Office Records Index................................................................................................................ 3-3 III. Toronto Emigration Office Records (Hawke Papers) 1831-1892...................................................... 3-3 IV. Peter Robinson Papers: 1823, 1825, 1844............................................................................................. 3-6 V. Online Resources.................................................................................................................................... 3-7 B. IMMIGRATION RECORDS: 1865 – 1935 ..................................................................................................... 3-8 C. PORTS OF QUEBEC & MONTREAL: PASSENGER LISTS 1865 - 1921 & 1925 - 1935.............................. 3-9 D. PORT OF HALIFAX, NS: PASSENGER LISTS 1881 - 1922 & 1925 - 1935............................................. 3-14 E. PORT OF SAINT JOHN, NB: PASSENGER LISTS 1900 - 1922 & 1925 - 1935....................................... 3-16 F. PORT OF NORTH SYDNEY, NS: PASSENGER LISTS 1906 - 1922 & 1925 - 1935 ................................ 3-17 G. PORT OF VANCOUVER, BC: PASSENGER LISTS 1905 - 1922 ................................................................ 3-18 H. VICTORIA & PACIFIC PORTS: PASSENGER LISTS 1905 - 1922 & 1925 - 1935 .................................... 3-19 I. PORT OF NEW YORK: PASSENGER LISTS 1906 - 1921 & 1925 - 1931................................................ 3-20 J. EASTERN US PORTS: PASSENGER LISTS 1905 - 1921 & 1925 - 1928................................................ 3-22 K. LISTS OF SHIPS: ARRIVAL PORTS & DATES............................................................................................. 3-23 L. PASSENGER LISTS INDEXES BY SURNAME: 1906 – 1919 ..................................................................... 3-25 M. IMMIGRATION FORM 30A: CANADIAN OCEAN ARRIVALS 1919 – 1924 INDEX TO SURNAMES...... 3-28 N. BORDER ENTRY RECORDS 1908 – 1918 ................................................................................................ 3-37 O. JUVENILE RECORDS – PASSENGER LISTS INDEXES ................................................................................ 3-46 P. GENERAL REGISTER OF CHINESE IMMIGRATION (HEAD TAX): 1885 – 1949......................................... 3-47 Q. RUSSIAN AND EAST EUROPEAN IMMIGRANTS (LI-RA-MA INDEX) 1898 – 1922 ........................... 3-49 R. POST-1935 IMMIGRATION RECORDS ....................................................................................................... 3-51 S. GENERAL ONLINE RESOURCES: IMMIGRATION ....................................................................................... 3-52 4. NATURALIZATION RECORDS ................................................................................................................. 4-1 A. RECORDS PRIOR TO 1854 .......................................................................................................................... 4-1 B. RECORDS FROM 1854 TO THE PRESENT.................................................................................................... 4-2 5. PARISH AND VITAL RECORDS ............................................................................................................... 5-1 A. BRITISH COLUMBIA VITAL STATISTICS 1872 –........................................................................................... 5-1 B. BRITISH COLUMBIA PRE-CONFEDERATION MARRIAGE RECORDS 1859 – 1872 ..................................... 5-3 C. BRITISH COLUMBIA CORONER'S INQUIRIES AND INQUESTS 1874 – 1937................................................ 5-3 D. ONTARIO VITAL STATISTICS INDEX 1869 –................................................................................................ 5-4 I. Births, Stillbirths, and Delayed Registrations Indexes, 1869 – .............................................................. 5-5 II. Marriages and Delayed Registrations Indexes, 1869 –.......................................................................... 5-7 III. Deaths and Delayed Registrations Indexes -, 1869 – ...................................................................... 5-10 E. ONTARIO MARRIAGE RECORDS 1801 – 1908......................................................................................... 5-13 F. VITAL RECORDS – OTHER PROVINCES .................................................................................................... 5-20 G. CHURCH AND CEMETERY RECORDS FOR ONTARIO - 1797 – 1956 ....................................................... 5-23 H. ONTARIO CEMETERY RECORDINGS.......................................................................................................... 5-33 I. WESLEYAN METHODIST BAPTISMAL REGISTERS ..................................................................................... 5-34 J. LOWER & UPPER CANADA MARRIAGE BONDS......................................................................................... 5-35 K. FABIEN INDEX 1657 – 1974..................................................................................................................... 5-37 Canadian Genealogical Resources Table of Contents L. LOISELLE MARRIAGE INDEX 1642 – 1963 ............................................................................................... 5-40 M. MANITOBA PARISH RECORDS................................................................................................................... 5-45 N. WESTERN CANADIAN PARISH RECORDS.................................................................................................. 5-46 O. NOVA SCOTIA PARISH RECORDS: DIOCESE OF HALIFAX ........................................................................ 5-47 P. PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RECORDS: BAPTISMS PRIOR TO 1886................. 5-48 Q. ACADIAN RECORDS................................................................................................................................... 5-48 6. LAND RECORDS ......................................................................................................................................... 6-1 A. QUÉBEC / LOWER CANADA LAND INDEX 1764 – 1841 ............................................................................. 6-1 B. QUÉBEC / LOWER CANADA LAND PETITIONS............................................................................................. 6-2 C. QUÉBEC / LOWER CANADA LAND BOOKS 1787 – 1835 ........................................................................... 6-3 D. ONTARIO / UPPER CANADA LAND INDEX 1764 – 1867............................................................................. 6-3 E. UPPER CANADA LAND BOOKS 1764 – 1867............................................................................................. 6-5 F. ONTARIO COMPUTERIZED LAND RECORDS INDEX 1780’S – 1920 ........................................................... 6-7 G. NEW BRUNSWICK INDEX TO LAND PETITIONS: ORIGINAL SERIES 1783 – 1918.................................... 6-11 H. NEW BRUNSWICK CROWN LAND INDEX 1765 – 1993............................................................................. 6-12 I. MANITOBA LAND INDEX 1870 – 1930...................................................................................................... 6-12 J. WESTERN LAND GRANTS DATABASE ....................................................................................................... 6-13 7. MÉTIS LAND CLAIMS................................................................................................................................. 7-1 A. MANITOBA, 1870 – 1885 ........................................................................................................................... 7-2 B. NORTHWEST TERRITORIES 1885 – 1901.................................................................................................. 7-3 C. NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, 1886 – 1901, 1906.....................................................................................